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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     3900185      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Celtic Region:     THRACO MACEDONIAN IMITATIVES City:     Paeonian Imitatives Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Tetradrachm Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     circa 1st century BC Diameter:     23.5 mm Weight:     11.08 g Obverse Description:     Head of Zeus left. Reverse Legend:     Λ / Π Reverse Description:     Celticized horseman riding left; triskeles under horse, the letter Λ below the hores' neck, Π between the fore-legs (the ΛΠ is the remains of Philip's name on the prototype coins). Primary Reference:     BMC Celt 131 Reference2:     Kostial 730 Photograph Credit:     Calgary Coin Source:     http://calgarycoin.com Grade:     VF, with some horn silver. Notes:     This type is known as the Zopfreiter type, and derives from the design of the silver tetradrachms struck by Philip II of Macedonia over 200 years earlier. It was struck in south or central Hungary.

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